Nigeria next national assessment of tertiary schools dey move towards December 15 as proposed release date. The Nigerian Tertiary Education Ranking Advisory Committee say work still dey go on, but dem never publish the tables. Students suppose take any claim about final 2026 national position carefully until approved results come out.
Committee chairman Peter Okebukola say the exercise cover universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, and e dey follow 17 stages. Dem go send recommendations to Education Minister Tunji Alausa before publication. December na target wey still need approval; e no be unconditional promise or list of schools wey don already secure position.
The committee also dey connect the exercise to better research. Okebukola report say 4,203 academics receive training on how to publish for high-impact journals. E explain say ranking suppose help schools improve, including teaching and research. Training and published ranking na different things; person participation alone no show the position of im school.
For students wey wan apply, the useful question na wetin the table really measure. Overall position alone no fit tell you whether one course suit you. When results come out, check the method, the period dem assess and the things dem measure before you compare schools wey get different purposes or different kinds of programmes.
Nigeria national exercise and international university table no be the same thing. Dem fit assess different groups of schools and give research, teaching or other things different weight. Position for one no suppose become position for the other. If school improve, compare am inside the same ranking system.
Next thing to watch na approval and release of the real tables with explanation of how dem work. Before then, applicants fit continue to check course requirements, accreditation information, cost and location instead of deciding with ranking wey never come out. This announcement na work in progress; e no decide the best school for every student.